Donald Trump Sexually Abused, Defamed E. Jean Carroll, Jury Finds
- Trump Reacts, calls verdict a disgrace
A Manhattan jury on Tuesday found former President Donald J. Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll and awarded her $5 million in damages. More than a dozen women have accused Mr. Trump of sexual misconduct over the years, but this is the only allegation to be affirmed by a jury.
In the civil case, the federal jury of six men and three women found that Ms. Carroll, 79, a former magazine writer, had sufficiently proved that Mr. Trump sexually abused her nearly 30 years ago in a dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. The jury did not, however, find he had raped her, as she had long claimed.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump Tuesday slammed as a “disgrace” the verdict of of a New York jury finding him liable for sexual abuse and defamation against a former magazine writer, insisting he is the subject of a witch hunt.
“This verdict is a disgrace — a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time,” the former president, using all capital letters, posted on his Truth Social media platform.
“I have absolutely no idea who this woman is,” he added in reference to E. Jean Carroll, who brought the lawsuit against him.